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Bootlegging. In Philadelphia & Reading's petition under the Bankruptcy Act it cited the loss by 'legging of 4,000,000 tons annually. But this highly publicized illicit trade is no longer what it was. Several States have legislated against bootleg coal, leaving Philadelphia almost the sole market; surface outcrops suitable for bootleg mining are approaching exhaustion. Bootlegging never accounted for more than 8% of the total anthracite output, probably employed only 20,000 men at its peak. Last week the Commission guessed that it now employs...
...marry," said urbane Philosopher George Santayana, "as their fortunes prove." That women play a big part in assisting fortune was established again last month by four books on the art and science of marriage. Written for women, they cover all sides of the subject, from advice on illicit love affairs to instructions on how to can tomatoes...
From the corner curb to the stairway via Rout 1, the student takes 17 full seconds. But, employing the illegal Routue 2, he does it in 10 flat. Seven seconds, then, are wasted because of the grass plot, an architectural Frankenstein! And even if the illicit route is taken, a hedge and a tree block speedy entrance to class...
With a swarm of speculators descending on the Square, the H.A.A. has been forced to hire two private detectives to investigate any reported illicit Yale game transactions, William J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, announced yesterday...
...interest to help Poland, but she tries it anyhow. When she interrupts Napoleon's ardors with a patriotic supplication, the Emperor becomes irritated but keeps her in mind. On his next trip he wins her heart with his dream for a United States of Europe. On an illicit honeymoon in Prussia, Bonaparte and Marie are idyllically happy till Napoleon's Europe-shattering job calls him away...